• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.84-92
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• 2022

Precision livestock monitoring promises greater management efficiency for farmers and higher welfare standards for animals. Recent studies on video-based animal activity recognition and tracking have shown promising solutions for understanding animal behavior. To achieve that, surveillance cameras are installed diagonally above the barn in a typical cattle farm setup to monitor animals constantly. Under these circumstances, tracking individuals requires addressing challenges such as occlusion and visual appearance, which are the main reasons for track breakage and increased misidentification of animals. This paper presents a framework for multi-cattle tracking in closed barns with appearance and motion models. To overcome the above challenges, we modify the DeepSORT algorithm to achieve higher tracking accuracy by three contributions. First, we reduce the weight of appearance information. Second, we use an Ensemble Kalman Filter to predict the random motion information of cattle. Third, we propose a supplementary matching algorithm that compares the absolute cattle position in the barn to reassign lost tracks. The main idea of the matching algorithm assumes that the number of cattle is fixed in the barn, so the edge of the barn is where new trajectories are most likely to emerge. Experimental results are performed on our dataset collected on two cattle farms. Our algorithm achieves 70.37%, 77.39%, and 81.74% performance on HOTA, AssA, and IDF1, representing an improvement of 1.53%, 4.17%, and 0.96%, respectively, compared to the original method.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2009

악취에 대한 민원이 많이 증가함에 따라 양돈장의 악취 발생에 대한 기초자료를 얻고자 2008년 6월에서 11월까지 2개의 양돈장(수원시, 화성시 소재)을 선정하여 임신돈사와 부지경계에서 발생하는 악취를 조사하였다. 수원시 소재 A농장의 부지경계에서 암모니아 발생농도는 평균 0.9 ppm 였으나, 조사기간 중 부분적으로 기준치 1 ppm을 초과하였다. 황화수소와 메틸머캅탄은 각각 0.37 ppb, 0.01 ppb로 기준치인 20 ppb와 2 ppb 이하로 조사되었다. 돈사의 암모니아 평균 농도는 3.22 ppm 였고 5 ppm 이하로 유지되다가 돈사가 밀폐되는 11월부터는 증가하기 시작되었다. 황화수소와 메틸머캅탄은 기준치 이하로 나타났다. 화성시 소재 B농장은 임신돈사내 암모니아 평균농도는 16.3 ppm 였고, 10월 이후부터 밀폐상태가 높아짐에 따라 급격히 증가되었다. 황화수소와 메틸머캅탄은 각각 26.66 ppb, 7.45 ppb로 높았다. 이와 같은 원인은 환기불량과 사육환경이 열악하여 돈사내 암모니아 발생농도가 높았으며 돈사외부로 배출된 암모니아와 돈사 옆에 있는 퇴비장에서 발생되는 악취가 혼합되어 부지 경계에서 암모니아 발생농도가 높은 것으로 나타나 돈사의 사육환경 개선과 신속한 분뇨처리 및 미생물제제의 올바른 사용이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1110-1120
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• 2024

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of offering (OSF) or not (NSF) supplemental feed at milking on temperament (TS), udder hygiene (UHS) and body condition (BCS) scores, and milk yield per milking (MYM), milk quality traits, and profitability of primiparous Anatolian buffalo cows at 90 days of lactation confined in closed-tied (CB) or semi-open free-stall (OB) barns. Methods: In Experiment I, 108 cows were selected to encompass four treatments (OBOSF, OB-NSF, CB-OSF, and CB-NSF) of 27 cows, considering barn type (OB and CB) and supplementary feed (OSF and NSF) at milking. In Experiment II, 60 OB cows were selected to encompass one of five groups of 12 cows each: i) no supplemental feed (CON), ii) commercial concentrate (CC), iii) CC + corn silage (CCS), iv) CCS + alfalfa hay (CSA), or v) CC + ryegrass silage (CRS) at milking. Results: The TS and UHS of the OB and OSF cows were lower (better) than those of the CB and NSF cows, respectively. The OSF increased milk protein, lactose, and solids-not-fat but decreased milk freezing point and electrical conductivity compared with the NSF. The MYM and milk fat of the OB-OSF cows were higher than those of the OB-NSF and CBNSF cows. The TS and UHS of the cows negatively correlated with MYM and some milk chemicals (fat, protein, and solids-not-fat), but BCS correlated positively. The TS and milk electrical conductivity of the CCS, CSA, and CRS cows were lower than those of the CON and CC cows, but BCS, MYM, and milk fat were higher. Partial budget analysis identified a higher net profit for supplemental feed-offered groups (OB-OSF, CCS, CSA, and CRS). Conclusion: Offering roughage with concentrates at milking for indoor primiparous buffalo cows is more conducive to well-being, milk yield, milk quality, and economy.